Snowy Ornaments

I came across something I had begun last year but never finished and decided it would perfect for several challenges that I needed in a hurry.  Torn paper for snow, a couple of different shapes and sizes punches, snowy paper and voila`.  A new card was born!  

I used this card sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketches for the format on my card.

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

Only Christmas Card

F & M Layers Challenge

SBR-Us Sketch Challenge

The Outlawz Twisted Challenge: Layers

Have a fantastic day!

Outlawz Happy Easter Challenge

Happy Easter to all who celebrate!

It is time for another The Outlawz Progressive Challenge and it is an Easter image...perfect for today.  The cute bunny on my card is a digital image from Gerda Steiner Designs.  Thank you Gerda for sharing it with us!  I had a lot of fun coloring this image. 

 The egg behind the bunny was an image I found on the internet from a kids free coloring page.  I just loaded it into Microsoft Word and brought it down to the size I wanted.  After coloring it with copics, I put a little bit of stickles on it to give it a little glitter look.

The bunny was colored with Copics, cut out and glued down onto a piece of white foam.  After it dried I cut it out again and glued it down onto the egg so it would be popped up like the bunny was sitting in front of the egg.  The glasses has crystal glaze to make it look like thick glasses.  I noticed after taking the picture that it was not quite dry in the center.  I think I have it so thick it is going to be an overnighter!  

  I used a Sweet Sunday Card Sketch to help me design the card.

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful Easter day...maybe do a bit of crafting like I am!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

SBR-Us Sketch Challenge #6

The Outlaws March Progressive Challenge

A Warm Hello

I wanted this card, when opened, to resemble a winter tablecloth with a hot cup of coffee or tea sitting on a saucer.  Doesn't the spoon look like it is ready with sugar to stir into the hot beverage?  I imagined the person is relaxing at the table while opening their Christmas cards they received in the mail.  The card opened on the table is where I will place my greetings to the recipient.  

It's a card within a card!

(Just click on each photo if you would like a larger view)

 I am entering this card into the following:

FB Only Christmas Cards Week 10

F & M Snow or Glitter Card Challenge

SBR-Us Challenge #49

Thank you everyone in advance for the kind words!

Elf-On-A-Card

A little glitter paper, elf image, left-over green paper, few copic markers, a card sketch and a Spellbinder "Radiant Rectangles" makes a cute Elf Card!!

I am entering this card to the following challenges:

SBR-Us Challenge #92

FB Only Christmas Cards Week 9

The Outlawz-March 3rd Twisted Thursday 

52 Christmas Card Throwdown March Sketch

I hope this inspires you to start making Christmas Cards...it is never too early in my book!

Blooming With Memories

It is that time again.  The nursing home needs more Sympathy Cards.  I love making and donating the cards but it also saddens me that more of their members have passed.    On a good note, it was a very quiet season during all the holidays for the first time in years.  

I used a sketch to make this card for them.  Using a corner flower stamp in my Misti, I was able to get both corners stamped exactly in the same spot on all the cards.  I just stamped one corner and flipped the card over and stamped the other corner.  I may have said this before...and it won't be the last....lol....but the Misti, which can be found at My Sweet Petunia,  is the best tool ever!  It is perfect for speed stamping when you have a ton of cards to make of the same type.  

I roughly colored the flowers with Kimberly Watercolor Red pencil in the center.  A Blender Pen helped me to pull the colors out to the edge, leaving some areas white.  It is hard to see but the center has a drop of Black Diamond Stickles to give it just a hint of sparkle.  The butterfly is an EK punch.

I have submitted this to a SBR-US challenge to use black, white and red as the focal point.  

Thank you for stopping by!  I hope you have the best crafty day ever!

SBRUS Challenge # 45-Hello!

This is going to be a quick post.  Yesterday I went to a Gulfcoast Stampers & Scrappers get together to see the new Caddy that will be released tomorrow.  

All I can say is WOW...I need to be working overtime to pay for all I want/need LOL

Meanwhile...we made this card in class.  I like the idea of diecutting words.  May have to add them to my list of "must have".

Have a great day!

Netta

SBR-Us Challenge 56-Have a Bird

Have you seen the new Tim Holtz Rubber Stamp set called Crazy Birds? Oh My Gosh!  I am so in love with this set!  I just had to have them and after searching for a month I finally found a company who had them in stock (stores are having trouble keeping them in stock).  Most bird stamps are small but these 6 birds are on the large size and perfect for me.  I have so many ideas in my head!  

Here are a couple of cards I did with them over the weekend.  I got the idea for one of them on the net and I wish I had kept the link.  If anyone knows who it is please let me know so I can link your image for my inspiration!

thanks for stopping!

Netta

SBR-Us Challenge 65-Music

The Challenge I decided to conquer was Challenge #65-Music and what better card to go with this theme?  Birthday card of course!  There is always singing the Happy Birthday song in our household.  As a matter of fact...our family knows...on their birthday they WILL get a call from us.  My husband and I harmonize the Happy Birthday song in a very...how do I explain it? ...colorful...ya that is a good word...colorful singing.  LOL.  Makes the family laugh and as much as they do not want to admit it....they love that we do it.  

I found this card made by Julie and decided to give it a go.  I wasn't sure how she created it so I did the best I could.  Thank you Julie for the inspiration!

The background music stamp was done on white cardstock and glued down.  The piano was handcut on black cardstock.  To punch the keys I used a Stampin Up Word Punch.  The ribbon was 2 pieces left over that I tied in the front and glued down.

Thank you for stopping by and have a super crafty day!  See you soon

Netta

SBR-Us Challenge 54-Butterfly

Working hard to get all caught up on the Challenges to a Yahoo Group I belong to.  Yesterday I was able to create two cards that matched their Challenge #54.  Each card has the same color and style but different flower stamps. 

Challenge was to have a butterfly on it.  

Hope you have a crafty day.  I am off to work.  My crafty time will be tonight!  

See you then..

Netta

SBR-Us Challenge 61-Valentine Heart

Hello Hello!!  

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

Happy Valentines Day

Did I miss anything while I was away?

Yes I am still here!  Yes I have still been making cards.  Just time got by me so I apologize!

I am taking a much needed break from busting out 130 Christmas Cards which I used all but 4 cards.  Not much of a head way for 2015 Season but I will get there soon enough.  Lately I have been practising on how to color images for my cards.   The classes that I am taking are from Kit and Clowder.  If you ever wanted to take a class to color images (all types of alcohol markers, pencils and watercoloring), ...now is the time!  Not only is the time is right due to the ratio of Aussie to USA but the classes themselves are the best!  Lots of support, feedback, videos and complete books you can print out.  Right now I am taking the skin and hair class.  I colored an image for my husband's Valentine first and then I did the class.  

WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!  The classes really work...lol

My first attempt looks like she hit the tanning booth and got a yellowish tan..UGH..

Here is my card after the first two lessons in the skin and hair class.  Many more to go as you can tell.  At least I have a "before" and will have an "after" as soon as I finish the coloring hair lesson.  That class is next in the lessons.  My husband loved the card and saw beyond the fact that the hair needed serious work.   That is what you call love *S*.

I bought this image from Slinky Tart and is called "From The Heart".  She has some serious cute images!  Will be buying more in the future from Slinky Tart.

Thank you for stopping by!

Netta

Easter in...May???

Yup...I did it...Easter in May!  Little behind the 8-ball I think, lol.

I am using a bunch of challenges from all over to keep my card creating going and I have a notebook that I write in each time a new challenge is announced.  As I get one done I check it off the list.  One was to make an Easter card and obviously that was challenge for SBR-Us was posted prior to Easter. 

All I care about is I got the challenge checked off and a head start for next year!!  

The goal is to fill my box with finished cards!

I do not know what company this stamp came from or even if it is still available.  Prior to Easter, I went to a friends to stamp and I saw this stamp.  I thought it was so adorable so I stamped a couple for myself.  

thank you for stopping by!

Netta